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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. CockroachDB vs. H2GIS vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. WakandaDB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. CockroachDB vs. H2GIS vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. WakandaDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonH2GIS  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonWakandaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryCockroachDB is a distributed database architected for modern cloud applications. It is wire compatible with PostgreSQL and backed by a Key-Value Store, which is either RocksDB or a purpose-built derivative, called Pebble.Spatial extension of H2Database as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerWakandaDB is embedded in a server that provides a REST API and a server-side javascript engine to access data
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMSObject oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score5.73
Rank#58  Overall
#34  Relational DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#368  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score76.78
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score0.10
Rank#356  Overall
#16  Object oriented DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.cockroachlabs.comwww.h2gis.orgazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databasewakanda.github.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docswww.h2gis.org/­docs/­homedocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqlwakanda.github.io/­doc
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffCockroach LabsCNRSMicrosoftWakanda SAS
Initial release20142015201320102012
Current release24.1.0, May 2024V122.7.0 (AprilĀ 29, 2019), April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availableOpen Source infoLGPL 3.0commercialOpen Source infoAGPLv3, extended commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaScriptGoJavaC++C++, JavaScript
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
macOS
Windows
hostedLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freedynamic schemayesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesyes
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.nononoyesno
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLyesyesno
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBCADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
Java.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyes infobased on H2Transact SQLyes
Triggersyesnoyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioning (by key range) infoall tables are translated to an ordered KV store and then broken down into 64MB ranges, which are then used as replicas in RAFTnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication using RAFTyes infobased on H2yes, with always 3 replicas availablenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoRole-based access controlyes infobased on H2fine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes

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